The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 20, 2086
First Quarter
52.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
1:54 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.0%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2021
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 67.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 5.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.30° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.95° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.